What? Mu Bai, the perpetually benched NPC in the full-dive sports game Champions Online, has gained self-awareness on the eve of a version wipe? System warning: Data error. Reset immediately! But he fires off a blistering shot, smashing through the barrier between virtuality and reality. Even more terrifying, he can calculate every player's weaknesses in real time and copy their godlike moves! So while players around the world go wild over astronomical transfer fees, this glitch-like being leads the weakest team to crush pay-to-win bigwigs, shut out professional squads, and storm through the world league! His ultimate mission: to make every player understand that NPCs are the real gods!
